Improvement in grain-registers



n. STEPHAN.

GRAIN-REGISTER.

Pat ented Apri111,1876.'

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UNITED STATES HENRY STEPHAN, OF

PATENT QFFIGE.

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-REGISTERS.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,089, dated April11, 1876; application filed March 20, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY STEPHAN, of the city of Springfield, county ofClarke and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Automatic Registering Apparatus, of which the followingis a specification While this invention is capable of use in manysituations and for many purposes, it is more particularly designed foruse in connection with thrashing-machines, to automatically register thenumber of measures of grain taken therefrom.

The object of the invention is to provide a register which shallregister upon a movement in either direction; and to this end itconsists in those features more particularly hereinafter described andclaimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an end view; Fig. 2, a view ofstationary shaft, showing the method of connecting the same to the base.Fig. 3 is a section showing the devices for and method of operating theregistering apparatus.

D is a base of sufficient size to accommodate two measures. This base isarranged to turn upon and revolve a fixed central shaft, H. J is a caseor box containing a registering apparatus. It is rigidly connected tothe base D by standards E and rods G, and revolves with the base. In theregistering apparatus, A is the units-wheel, which is actuated by a pawlin the pawl-arm K, as shown in Fig. 3. This pawl-arm K is provided withthe weighted end K, which serves to hold by" its gravity the pawl inproper contact with the ratchet-teeth of the wheel A. K is pivoted toand operated by a lever, G, which is provided with a rounded cam, B. Inthe revolution of the apparatus, this cam takes upon and rides over camson an arm, W, on the stationary shaft H, whereby the arm 0 is elevated,carrying upward the pawl and actuating the units-wheel A.

By this construction and the peculiar shape of the cams B and 'W, theregister is operated whenever the base D is revolved in eitherdirection. Upon the units-wheel A is a pin, a, which once in eachrevolution takes into a tooth of the carrying-wheel Band moves it in onedirection. pawls are provided, as customary in registering' apparatuses.

As the stationary central shaft H supports the base D and registeringapparatus, it is necessary that it should be very rigidly and firmlysecured. This is accomplished by the peculiar way in which it isattached to the base E. The shaftHis shouldered at h h, theshouldersbeing ot'difl'erent heights on opposite sides. The different heights maybe connected by an incline, or by stepped shoulders, as shown in dottedlines. The shoulder-block V, secured to the base E, is recessed tocorrespond with these shoulders, and the shaft ll secures them byscrew-nut d, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination,with the stationary center shaft H and cam \/V, of a revolving base, D,and revolving registering apparatus J, with the cam B, for operating theregistering apparatus in either direction, as substantially set forth.

2. The combination, with the ratchet-wheel A, of the lever U, cam B, andarm K, having weighted end K, substantially as described. -3. Thecombination, with shaft H, having shoulder h, of shoulder-block V andscrew d, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with actuating fingeror pawl a and lever 0, of camB, adapted to operating the register on its movement in eitherdirection, substantially as set forth.

HENRY STEPHAN. Witnesses:

Row. 0. Roocnas, A. T. BYERS.

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